Player Dossier

2021-2025

Central Michigan

Jonathan Decker

DL • 6'5" • 300 lbs • Elkhart, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonathan Decker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Jonathan Decker built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Elkhart, IN wearing No. 98, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Jonathan Decker's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.77

Elkhart Central · Elkhart, IN

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jonathan Decker, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan. Jonathan Decker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
32
TFL
3
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jonathan Decker quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
32
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
2-star · Elkhart Central · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Elkhart Central · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 98 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DL 255th (top 24%) · Mid-American 168th (top 29%) · National 1,705th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan23-0--038.5
2024 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan34101-051.7
2025 PostseasonCentral Michigan103-0--035
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan102220--035

Related Context

Jonathan Decker played DL for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonathan Decker recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Central Michigan paired 2 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Central Michigan

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

12.4

Usage

2.5

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. Wagner: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Massachusetts: 1. Western Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0. Kent State: 0. Toledo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Wagner: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 6 by 25. Bowling Green: 2 by 18.3. Massachusetts: 2 by 18.3. Western Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

25 vs Akron

Result
Fri 12/26@ NorthwesternL 7-3433000
Sat 11/29vs ToledoL 3-2120000
Thu 11/20@ Kent StateW 28-1620000
Thu 11/13vs BuffaloW 38-1910000
Sat 11/1@ Western MichiganL 21-2441000
Sat 10/25vs MassachusettsW 38-1321100
Sat 10/18@ Bowling GreenW 27-622100
Sat 10/4@ AkronL 22-2861000
Sat 9/27vs Eastern MichiganW 24-1311000
Sat 9/20vs WagnerW 49-1020000

Player Story

Jonathan Decker story

Jonathan Decker built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Elkhart, IN wearing No. 98, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Jonathan Decker's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles and 3 tackles for loss across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Decker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2022 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2023 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan06.31.10
2024 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan212.23.52
2025 PostseasonCentral Michigan212.42.50
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan212.42.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 113 Bowling Green

Week 8 · W 27-6 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

55 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Connecticut

Week 1 · W 66-10

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Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 3 · L 9-30

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 136 Massachusetts

Week 9 · W 38-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 117 Akron

Week 6 · L 22-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

18.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan

2 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage

51.7

#2

2023 Regular Season · Central Michigan

38.5

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Central Michigan

35

2 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games